Electronic match engine with external generation of market data using a minimum data set

ABSTRACT

Systems and methods are provided for an electronic match engine of an exchange that distributes a minimum data set to an external market data generation (MDG) processor. The electronic match engine derives a minimum data set from data already known to the electronic match engine. The MDG processor, which may be outside of the electronic match engine, may extract the minimum data set and uses it to generate market data. The electronic match engine may append the minimum data set to an order entry message sent to the MDG processor.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 14/830,166, filed Aug. 19, 2015, entitled OPTIMIZEDELECTRONIC MATCH ENGINE WITH EXTERNAL GENERATION OF MARKET DATA USING AMINIMUM DATA SET, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The present application is related to U.S. application Ser. No.10/982,535 (attorney docket 006119.00029), filed Nov. 5, 2004 (andgranted into U.S. Pat. No. 7,831,491 on Nov. 9, 2010), which is acontinuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/903,826, filed Jul.30, 2004 and which also claims the benefit of priority to U.S.provisional patent application No. 60/517,491, filed Nov. 5, 2003; theentire disclosures of the aforementioned are herein incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using a minimum data setfrom a match engine to generate market-by-order (MBO) andmarket-by-price (MBP) price book data. In particular, aspect of thepresent disclosure relate to a market data generation (MDG) processorexternal to an optimized electronic match engine of an exchange arrangedto generate MBO and MBP data using a minimum set of order metadatatransmitted by the optimized electronic match engine.

BACKGROUND

As the number of orders and trades increases, the distribution ofmessages can strain computer systems and networks that are used totransmit such messages. The processing of numerous messages andassociated overhead consumes bandwidth and processing time. For example,current exchanges include an electronic match engine that also generatesmarket data. Thus the electronic match engine is overloaded withprocessing requirements. These current messaging architectures areinefficient. There is room in the art to improve existing architecturesand message types to overcome one or more shortcomings.

SUMMARY

This summary is not intended to identify critical or essential featuresof the disclosures herein, but instead merely summarizes certainfeatures and variations thereof. Other details and features will also bedescribed in the sections that follow.

In various embodiments, aspects of the present disclosure can bepartially or wholly implemented on a computer-readable medium, forexample, by storing computer-executable instructions or modules, or byutilizing computer-readable data structures. Of course, the methods andsystems disclosed herein may also include other additional elements,steps, computer-executable instructions, or computer-readable datastructures.

The details of these and other embodiments of the present disclosure areset forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Otherfeatures and advantages of the disclosure will be apparent from thedescription and drawings, and from the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure may take physical form in certain parts andsteps, embodiments of which will be described in detail in the followingdescription and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form apart hereof, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a computer network system that may be used to implementaspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the messaging structure in accordance withan embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates various delimiters utilized in templates and datamessages in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates additional delimiters utilized in templates and datamessages in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a computer implemented method of a creating messagingstructure in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 6 illustrates a computer implemented method of processing marketdata in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 illustrates a network diagram showing an optimized match engineand market data generation (MDG) processor in accordance with variousaspects of the disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart embodying various steps that may be performedusing one or more of an optimized match engine and market datageneration (MDG) processor in accordance with various aspects of thedisclosure;

FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are flowcharts illustrating steps performed inaccordance with various aspects of the disclosure; and

FIG. 11 is an illustrative diagram of an order entry (OE) message typetransformed by an optimized match engine.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In one example in accordance with aspects of the disclosure, anoptimized electronic match engine of an exchange is disclosed thatdistributes a minimum data set to an external market data generation(MDG) processor. The optimized electronic match engine continues toperform the primary function of order matching, but does not generatemarket data. Instead, the optimized electronic match engine derives aminimum data set from data already known to the optimized electronicmatch engine as part of its primary order matching function. The minimumdata set may be transmitted to the MDG processor in one of numerousways. Moreover, the optimized electronic match engine is moretechnologically efficient because it does not maintain/store in itscomputer memory the current state of market data book.

At the MDG processor, the data messages received from the optimizedelectronic match engine may comprise the minimum data set. The MDGprocessor extracts the minimum data set and uses it to generate marketdata outside of the optimized electronic match engine. As a result, theload on the optimized electronic match engine may be favorably reducedand the generation of market data may be off-loaded to an external MDGprocessor.

In numerous examples in accordance with aspects of the disclosure thedata messages received and processed by the MDG processor may have beenmodified to add the minimum data set to its payload. In some examples,an order entry (OE) message transmitted from the optimized electronicmatch engine may be appended with the minimum data set in a simplebinary encoding (SBE) format. In other examples, the message typetransformed with the minimum data set by the optimized electronic matchengine may be a type other than the OE message type. In other examples,the minimum data set may be inserted into the existing message type or anew message type in fields located near the front, middle, or back of(e.g., appended to) the message.

Illustrative Operating Environment

Aspects of the present disclosure are preferably implemented withcomputer devices and computer networks that allow users to exchangetrading information. An illustrative trading network environment forimplementing trading systems and methods is shown in FIG. 1. An exchangecomputer system 100 receives orders and transmits market data related toorders and trades to users. Exchange computer system 100 may beimplemented with one or more mainframe, desktop or other computers. Auser database 102 includes information identifying traders and otherusers of exchange computer system 100. Data may include user names andpasswords. An account data module 104 may process account informationthat may be used during trades. A match engine module 106 is included tomatch bid and offer prices. Match engine module 106 may be implementedwith software that executes one or more algorithms for matching bids andoffers. A trade database 108 may be included to store informationidentifying trades and descriptions of trades. In particular, a tradedatabase may store information identifying the time that a trade tookplace and the contract price. An order book module 110 may be includedto compute or otherwise determine current bid and offer prices. A marketdata module 112 may be included to collect market data and prepare thedata for transmission to users. A risk management module 134 may beincluded to compute and determine a user's risk utilization in relationto the user's defined risk thresholds. An order processing module 136may be included to decompose delta based and bulk order types forprocessing by order book module 110 and match engine module 106.

The trading network environment shown in FIG. 1 includes computerdevices 114, 116, 118, 120 and 122. Each computer device includes acentral processor that controls the overall operation of the computerand a system bus that connects the central processor to one or moreconventional components, such as a network card or modem. Each computerdevice may also include a variety of interface units and drives forreading and writing data or files. Depending on the type of computerdevice, a user can interact with the computer with a keyboard, pointingdevice, microphone, pen device or other input device.

Computer device 114 is shown directly connected to exchange computersystem 100. Exchange computer system 100 and computer device 114 may beconnected via a T1 line, a common local area network (LAN) or othermechanism for connecting computer devices. Computer device 114 is shownconnected to a radio 132. The user of radio 132 may be a trader orexchange employee. The radio user may transmit orders or otherinformation to a user of computer device 114. The user of computerdevice 114 may then transmit the trade or other information to exchangecomputer system 100.

Computer devices 116 and 118 are coupled to a LAN 124. LAN 124 may haveone or more of the well-known LAN topologies and may use a variety ofdifferent protocols, such as Ethernet. Computers 116 and 118 maycommunicate with each other and other computers and devices connected toLAN 124. Computers and other devices may be connected to LAN 124 viatwisted pair wires, coaxial cable, fiber optics or other media.Alternatively, a wireless personal digital assistant device (PDA) 122may communicate with LAN 124 or the Internet 126 via radio waves. PDA122 may also communicate with exchange computer system 100 via aconventional wireless hub 128. As used herein, a PDA includes mobiletelephones and other wireless devices that communicate with a networkvia radio waves.

FIG. 1 also shows LAN 124 connected to the Internet 126. LAN 124 mayinclude a router to connect LAN 124 to the Internet 126. Computer device120 is shown connected directly to the Internet 126. The connection maybe via a modem, DSL line, satellite dish or any other device forconnecting a computer device to the Internet.

One or more market makers 130 may maintain a market by providingconstant bid and offer prices for a derivative or security to exchangecomputer system 100. Exchange computer system 100 may also exchangeinformation with other trade engines, such as trade engine 138. Oneskilled in the art will appreciate that numerous additional computersand systems may be coupled to exchange computer system 100. Suchcomputers and systems may include clearing, regulatory and fee systems.

The operations of computer devices and systems shown in FIG. 1 may becontrolled by computer-executable instructions stored oncomputer-readable medium. For example, computer device 116 may includecomputer-executable instructions for receiving order information from auser and transmitting that order information to exchange computer system100. In another example, computer device 118 may includecomputer-executable instructions for receiving market data from exchangecomputer system 100 and displaying that information to a user.

Of course, numerous additional servers, computers, handheld devices,personal digital assistants, telephones and other devices may also beconnected to exchange computer system 100. Moreover, one skilled in theart will appreciate that the topology shown in FIG. 1 is merely anexample and that the components shown in FIG. 1 may be connected bynumerous alternative topologies.

FIG. 2 describes a messaging structure 200 using a market data messagingformat for communicating electronic data of any nature within theprintable character set of any language is described. Meaning may beassociated with actual message content without including any keys in theactual messages or requiring any kind of positional references to datain the messages. This approach supports flat message structures, as wellas nested groups of repeatable data to any level of nested depth. Afinancial data message may comprise a market data message sent from anexchange and/or orders or messages delivered to an exchange.

FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of messaging structure 200. In FIG. 2,a template 201 and a message 203 are illustrated. As shown in FIG. 2,the message structure 200 may consist of delimiters to demarcate eachattribute so that datum can be easily extracted. Templates such astemplate 201 may predefine an attribute order so that extracted datumcan be associated with meaning. The use of delimiters and templates inmessaging structure 200 may enable the messaging structure to be readilyextensible.

Character “|” 206 is used to denote a delimiter in an embodiment of thedisclosure. Those skilled in the art will realize that many otheradditional characters may be utilized to represent a delimiter such ascharacters “[” 210 and “]” 212 and “}” 214. The delimiters may separatedata elements within a given message structure. One or more templatessuch as template 201 may be defined and disseminated to 1) indicate thenumber and nature of supported message structures (flat or nested groupsof repeatable data), as well as 2) the meaning of the data that may becommunicated within a given message structure. The delimiters used mayor may not be communicated in the templates, as well. One or moremessage structures corresponding to each template may be defined anddisseminated, carrying actual or meaningful content.

FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate various options for delimiters to be used inmessaging structure 200 of the present disclosure. Those skilled in theart will realize that FIGS. 3 and 4 are not an exhaustive list of thevarious delimiters choices but are only an illustrative list. Forexample, FIGS. 3 and 4 may contain other options and may map to otheroptions (not shown) using varying multiples of characters to representthe four illustrated delimiters. The use of multiple characters fordelimiters may be less efficient but semantically the same as theoptions illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIGS. 3 and 4 include a unique delimiters column 302 which may indicatethe number of unique characters used to build delimiters. Some of thevarious options may use multiple consecutive occurrences of onecharacter to form a delimiter. The choice of delimiter characters maynot change the format or the messaging structure 200. Considerationssuch as printability and character set may affect the actual charactersand encoding chosen. For each alternative presented, a printablecharacter may be chosen to represent each of the delimiters. Each tablein both FIGS. 3 and 4 includes a “Field Delimiter” column 304, a “GroupStart” column 306, a “Group End” column 308, a “Sample” column 310, anda “Notes” column 312. The “Sample” column 310 may include a normalizedsample. The sample may be translated into its form for each alternativepresented. In addition, FIG. 4 also includes a “Group Delimiter” column314, “Options Fields” column 316, and a “Repeating Group Column” 318.

In many of the alternatives listed in FIGS. 3 and 4, the “Group End” 308characters and the “Group Delimiter” 314 characters are the same. Afield outside the repeating group in question specifies the number ofoccurrences of the group. This may allow a parsing algorithm to takeadvantage of the predictive nature of these tags because they may not beable to depend on the delimiters themselves to uniquely demarcatemessage structure. In some cases these fields may be necessary in orderto parse the message.

The “Options Fields” 316 shown in FIG. 4 may be attached at the end ofdata messages. The “Options Fields” 316 may also be found at the end ofrepeating groups in data messages or at other places in a message and/orrepeating groups in data messages.

The delimiters defined in FIGS. 3 and 4 may be used to demarcateattributes and repeating groups. The utilization of four delimiters isdeemed optimal such as “Field Delimiter” 304, “Group Start” 306delimiter, “Group Delimiter” 314, and “Group End” 308 delimiter. The useof four delimiters may be optimal because: 1) counts for the number oftimes a group repeats may not be needed thus saving bytes andsimplifying the parsing algorithm; 2) delimiters at the end of repeatinggroups may be dropped if no data is present; 3) the parsing algorithm toextract datum may be generic for all messages; and 4) any message may beparsed without reference to message types.

Delimiters and templates may be disseminated or communicated by anymeans that allow them to be incorporated in an electronic system. Themessage structures then disseminated may be of variable length with dataelements shortened or extended in length, as well as included or notpresent on a real-time per message basis. Message structures, dependingon the choice of implementation, may be parsed without prior knowledgeof the message content, without references or keys to the content,and/or without fixed positional reference to the message structures.

One or more templates such as template 201 may be defined anddisseminated to 1) indicate the number and nature of supported messages(linear or nested groups), as well as 2) indicate the meaning of thedata that may be communicated within a given type of message. Templatesmay allow datum to be associated with meaning by 1) defining theattributes, and 2) indicating the order in which they will appear. Theuse of delimiters within a given message type may also be communicatedin its template.

Once the templates have been disseminated, messages corresponding toeach template may be built and disseminated, carrying actual content.The messages may be of variable length with data elements shortened orextended in length, as well as included or not present on a real-timebasis. Templates, and thus messages, may be changed on-the-fly so thatattributes can be added, deleted, and/or re-order as needed. Templateand message integrity may be checked per instance of receipt byvalidating message size.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, the messaging format detailedassumes the following: 1) messages are being passed from a sender to oneor more receivers; 2) the method of dissemination is variable; 3) twofundamental types of messages are sent, templates and data messages; 4)the data being sent can be represented in key=value pairs; 5) templatesdefine the order of data in data messages; 6) templates contain keys anddata messages contain associated values; and 7) a protocol that usesthis formatting scheme will provide needed functionality as necessary(such as including a mechanism by which to match a data message with atemplate or including a mechanism to verify message contents).

A message may consist, conceptually, of fields and repeating groups.Repeating groups may be nested and also consist of fields and repeatinggroups. In templates, a repeating group may only exist once. Inmessages, a repeating group may occur multiple times. All theseoccurrences may be consecutive.

As discussed above, messages may consist, structurally, of fields anddelimiters. Every field may be followed by one or more delimiters. Fielddelimiters may separate fields within a group or in the message. If thelast element of a message is not a repeating group, it may be followedby a “Field Delimiter” 304; otherwise it may be followed by the “GroupEnd” 308 delimiter. “Group Start” 306 delimiters may mark the beginningof a group definition in a template and a repeating group in a datamessage. “Group Delimiters” 314 do not exist in templates and separateoccurrences of a repeating group in data messages. “Group End” 308delimiters may mark the end of a repeating group and may be placed afterthe last element of the last occurrence of a repeating group. Every“Group Start” 306 delimiter may be matched by a “Group End” 308delimiter later in the message.

Message structure 200 may perform several functions such as: 1) orderattributes which convey data; 2) it provides a means for extractingspecific datum from the overall message; and/or 3) provide a method forassociating the datum with meaning. Optimizing a message structure,therefore, involves ordering attributes in an efficient manner whileallowing datum to be extracted and associated with meaning in a likewiseefficient manner. An optimized message structure, moreover, may readilyallow attributes to be added, deleted or re-ordered, as well asefficiently handle attributes which either may not be present or vary inlength on a per message basis.

A fully optimized message structure may communicate only meaningfulcontent in a format that expresses the data in the smallest possiblesize. A structure for stating price, for example, may only state theprice without overhead. The format for stating the price, moreover,might be optimized by expressing it as a binary rather than stringstatement.

Message structure 200 orders attributes in a very efficient manner.Message Structure 200 may use delimiters to demarcate each attribute sodatum can be readily extracted. Message structure 200 may use templatesto pre-define attribute ordering so extracted datum can be associatedwith meaning.

Message structure 200 may carry data within the printable character setof any language. Message structure 200 supports linear strings of data,as well as nested groups of repeatable data to any level of nesteddepth. Ordering of attributes may be determined by at least fourfactors: 1) attributes which are potentially repeatable to optimizeefficiency are placed in repeating groups; 2) repeating groups arenested so that common data resides in the outer most group(s) and uniquedata resides in the inner most group(s); 3) data common to the entiremessage resides outside any repeating group; 4) attributes which may notappear often are placed at the end of a repeating group or at the end ofthe message. The last factor may allow delimiters for those attributeswithout values in a given instance to be dropped.

Template and message integrity may be checked per instance of receipt byvalidating message size. Messages may be further validated against thestructure of its corresponding template.

The advantages of the delimited structure may include: 1) efficientmessage structure that produces message sizes comparable to or betterthan an optimized fixed length structure; 2) retains the flexibility ofkey-value and mockup structures for adding, re-ordering and extendingthe length of data elements contained in messages; 3) supports lineardata strings, as well as nested groups of repeatable data to any levelof nested depth. It excels at communicating data via complex nestedgroups which optimize message size efficiency; 4) attributes can beadded, deleted, and/or re-order on-the-fly by defining and disseminatinga template and then sending messages corresponding to the giventemplate; 5) attributes can be shortened or extended in length, as wellas included or not present on a real-time per message basis; 6) messagescan be parsed without prior knowledge of the message type, as well aswithout references or keys to the content; 7) any number of templatesand/or message types can be defined, and any nature of data within theprintable character set of any language can be communicated; and 8) itis easier to optimize both up-front and over time than a fixed lengthstructure.

A further advantage of the delimited structure may include a variablelength message structure that consumes no more bytes than: 1) for lineardata strings, the number of bytes used for actual data plus one byte perdelimiter in a given message; or 2) for nested message structures, thesame number of bytes as above plus potentially X number of bytes toclose each nested group of data.

Weaknesses of fixed length message structures include the use of paddingto accommodate attributes which either may not be present or vary inlength on a per message basis. Each attribute must be padded to a fixedlength equal to the longest possible value the attribute might convey.This is needed to maintain a consistent overall fixed length structure(or consistent fixed length partitions for repeating groups) so thatdatum can be extracted using a pre-defined set of positional references.The fixed length structure, therefore, also suffers from not beingreadily extensible.

Thus, a fixed length structure would optimally state instrument, priceand quantity as:

ESZ31075005

and no structure could better optimize the message. It is improbable,however, that a fixed length structure can be as optimized as in theexample given above. Because the attributes vary in length on a permessage basis, they will have to be padded:

ESZ3- - - - -0010750000005.

Thus, the fixed length message size is inflated by a total of 11unneeded characters in this instance.

If the delimited structure described above is used instead:

ESZ3|107500|5|

ESV3C1060|1040|5|

This structure incurs an overhead of 3 control characters for delimitersand improves upon the fixed length example where padding is added.

From the perspective of optimizing message size, however, the delimitedstructure may be ultimately deemed equal to the use of an optimized fixlength structure when the structures do not include repeating groups ofdata. The constraints may include: 1) the more attributes with valuesthat will vary in length as well as the more attributes that will not bepresent in every instance, the more efficient the delimited structurewill be; and 2) the more attributes with values of constant length andalways present the more efficient the fixed length structure will be.

The following examples compare messages which communicate date and time,trading system, trading mode, instrument, price, quantity, pricevariation, order type, and origin:

20031015153015999GOESZ3- - - - -0107500000005+L4 pads with 11 characters

20031015153015999|G|O|ESZ3|107500|5|+|L|4| incurs 9 delimiters

When linear strings are thus compared, the two approaches are generallyequal with respect to message size. The delimited structure, however,will perform better than the fixed length structure when repeatinggroups are introduced. Also, the fixed length structure must always beoptimized—attributes efficiently ordered and padding kept to aminimum—if it is to perform well.

FIG. 5 illustrates a computer a messaging structure in accordance withan embodiment of the disclosure. First, in step 502 a template iscreated that defines the order of the plurality of fields. Next, in step504 the template may be transmitted though a network as illustrated inFIG. 1. The market data to be transmitted may be compiled in step 505.The market data may include a plurality of financial information such asorders, quotes or mass quotes, trades, and statistics. The financialinformation may include derivate products. Derivative products mayinclude options on futures contracts, futures contracts, futurecontracts that are functions of or related to other futures contracts,or other financial instruments that have their price related to orderived from an underlying product.

A financial data message may be created in step 506. The financial datamessage may comprise a market data message sent from an exchange and/ororders or messages delivered to an exchange. The financial data messageincludes a plurality of fields that have been separated by delimiters.The delimiters may include at least one delimiter that is used toidentify a repeated group of information. Finally, in step 508 thefinancial data message may be transmitted from an exchange or similarsystem. The transmission may be across one or more computer, audio,video or data networks.

FIG. 6 illustrates a computer implemented method of processing a marketdata message having a plurality of fields separated by delimiters inaccordance with an aspect of the disclosure. In step 602, a template maybe received. The template may define the order of the plurality offields of the market data message. Next, in step 604 a market datamessage may also be received. The market data message may include aplurality of fields separated by delimiters. The source of the marketdata message may be the same as the source of the template. In step 606,the market data message may be parsed to extract the fields separated bythe delimiters. The data extracted from the market data message mayinclude market data containing a plurality of orders for financialinstruments. Finally, in step 608 the data in the market data messagemay be interpreted based information such as order information includedin the template.

Various embodiments described herein utilize market data. In alternativeembodiments individual orders and quotes may use the same/similarmessage structure. The messaging structure 200 of the present disclosuremay be used in the processing of market data. The market data maycontain a plurality of orders for financial instruments. The financialinstruments may be derivative products. Derivative products may includeoptions on futures contracts, futures contracts that are functions of orrelated to other futures contracts, or other financial instruments thathave their price related to or derived from an underlying product. Thesemarket data may be received at an exchange that receives and executesorders.

Optimized Electronic Match Engine with External Generation of MarketData Using a Minimum Data Set

In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, an electronicmatch engine of an exchange may be optimized to reduce the loadattributed to generation of market data. The optimized electronic matchengine continues to primarily function as an order matching component ofthe exchange. However, the exchange may offload the function of marketdata generation to a market data generation (MDG) processor external tothe optimized electronic match engine. As a result, the memoryconsumption requirements of the optimized electronic match engine may bereduced as compared to a non-optimized electronic match engine innumerous examples. Moreover, the processor load caused by the optimizedelectronic match engine may also be reduced as compared to anon-optimized electronic match engine in numerous examples.

The optimized electronic match engine may operate to publish optimizedmessage content with a minimum amount of data, sometimes referred to asorder metadata, to generate market data. The minimum amount of data may,in numerous embodiments, be used to produce market by order (MBO) and/ormarket by price (MBP) books and statistics feeds to users (e.g., tradingcustomers, quote vendors, or others).

The data elements in the message comprising the order metadata may bederived from order attributes known by the electronic match engine asthey are used by the engine for order matching. Messages with ordermetadata may be used to relate different types of order and match eventsincluding, but not limited to: order acknowledgments, rejects, cancels,modifies, eliminations, implied orders; restatements of working orderbooks for start of the week and mid-week recovery events; fills, impliedfills, spread match events with leg and implied fills; mass quoteacknowledgments, rejects, cancels, modifies and fills; and mass cancels.As such, the message may cover all order/quote/fill related events ofthe match engine. In some embodiments, the message comprising the ordermetadata may support event-based market data messages generated outsideof the electronic match engine by providing an end of event (EOE)field/flag in each group of data sets representing events by flaggingthe last order metadata set for a given event where many orders may haveparticipated.

The message can be sent as augment to the order entry (OE) feed or as aseparate feed into to the market data generation (MDG) processor togenerate market data to customers. Details follow herein describingillustrative examples of the message type and the logic that may permitthe MDG processor to convert to market by order (MBO) and/or market byprice (MBP) feeds.

In one example in accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, anillustrative order metadata message type may comprise the followingfields, data types, and formatting:

TABLE 1 FIX Tag Tag Name Number Enumeration Data Type DescriptionRequired EndofEventIndicator 20005 1 = last message BOOLEAN End Of EventIndicator Y in the event in CME internal binary 0 = not last messagesmessage TransactTime 60 INT Time of order message Y acknowledgement thatcaused the event. Can be viewed as a start of engine event processingtime, sent as number of nanoseconds since Unix Epoch (UTC) NoMDEntries268 NUM_IN _GROUP Number of data blocks Y listed in the message >BookQty20002 INT Represents Booked Y Order Qty or Qty visible on Market Databook. For Partial and Full Fill - populated as Book Qty remaining (onMarket Data book) after Fill. For Modifies - new order Book Qty aftermodification. >OrderStatus 20000 j: Business CHAR Status or an action YReject, that was taken on the R: Restatement, order or order fill 4:Cancel, H: Fill Cancel, C: Elimination, 0: New Ack, 1: Partial Fill, 2:Full Fill, G: Fill Modify, 9: Cancel Modify Reject, 5: Cancel Replace,8: Order Reject >OrderPriority 20001 INT Order priority number Yassigned by the engine that can be used to determine order book priorityagainst other orders for the same price level. The Lower OrderPrioritynumber = Higher Order Book Priority = Lower Order Book Level >OrderID 37INT Unique identifier for Y order as assigned by the venue. Uniquenessis guaranteed within a trading week across all instruments. >SecurityID48 INT Security ID as defined Y by the trading venue. >Price 44 FLOATPrice per share or Y contract >Side 54 2: Sell, 1: Buy CHAR Side oforder. Y >LastPx 31 FLOAT Price of this (last) fill. C For leg fillsthis indicates the leg fill price. >LastQty 32 INT Quantity of shares Cbought/sold on this (last) fill. For leg fills this indicates the legfill quantity. >TradeID 1003 INT The unique identifier C for the tradeentry, per instrument + trading date >NumOrdersInMatchStep 9700 INTNumber of real orders C in the fill on both buy and sell sides of thematch. Must be a consistent number across all message entries for thesame TradeID and Instrument in a given Event. Populated with 0 (zero)when no real orders participated in the match step for the instrument(implied only fills or leg fills). >AggressorFlag 20003 0: Notaggressor, INT Indicates if message C 1: Aggressor entry represents anaggressor for the fill or if there is no aggressor

The EndOfEventIndicator, TransactTime, and NoMDEntries fields may befields that are used for purposes of managing the number of data blockslisted in the message when the message is spread across multiple messagepackets. In such examples, the EndofEventIndicator field may contain avalue of “0” or “1” to designate that the message that caused the startof the optimized electronic match engine has concluded. These threeaforementioned fields may be header-level fields. Moreover, one or moreof the unique identifier fields (e.g., SecurityID, TradeID, and OrderID)may be combined and/or collated/conflated into a single uniqueidentifier field. As such, the number of fields of the minimum data setmay be just ten fields in some embodiments, but twelve fields in other.Meanwhile, including the header-level fields in the count, the number offields in the minimum data set may be as much as fifteen. Fields may, insome examples, be separated by one or more predefined delimiters.

Meanwhile, the other fields in Table 1 above, represent the minimum dataset used by the market data generation (MDG) processor to generatemarket data. Those field include: BookQty, OrderStatus, OrderPriority,OrderID, SecurityID, Price, Side, LastPx, LastQty, TradeID,NumOrdersInMatchStep, and AggressorFlag. Descriptions of these fieldsand their formatting are illustrated in Table 1 above. While the minimumdata set identified in Table 1 is the closed set of data a MDG processorneeds (e.g., order metadata) to generate market data of both MBO and MBPtype, a person having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate afterreview of the entirety disclosed herein that one or more fields may becombined/conflated into a common field, or the aforementioned fields maybe separated/span across multiple fields. Such deviations from theminimum data set disclosed in Table 1 are contemplated by thedisclosure.

In an example in accordance with aspects of the disclosure, anillustrative minimum data set transmitted to a market data generation(MDG) processor 702 is illustrated in Table 2. That example illustratesthe result of an operation at an exchange of an outright match event inwhich an incoming ask aggressor order trades with two resting bidorders. Before the outright match is performed, the state of theexchange may be such that the instrument being traded is represented asfollows: <Instrument> group is in <Open>, <Instrument> Electronic TradeVolume=0. Meanwhile, the relevant excerpt of the order book in marketdata component memory reads as follows:

BID OrderID Quantity Price ASK OrderID Quantity Price 7010393582 3 10061 7010393583 5 1004 2 7010393543 8 1002 3 7010393542 10 1002 4 5

And the market-by-price order book in the memory of the market datageneration (MDG) processor 702 reads as follows:

BID ASK NumOfOrders Quantity Price NumOfOrders Quantity Price 1 3 1006 11 5 1004 2 2 18 1002 3 4 5

With that context, when the following event occurs: incoming Ask OrderQty=5 fully fills Bid at Px=1006 and Partially Fills Bid at Px=1004,then the optimized match engine 704 may generate the following minimumdata set, as illustrated in Table 2:

TABLE 2 Order Book Security Order Fill Num Of Aggressor Descriptionpriority Status Qty ID ID Book Px Side FillPx Qty TradeID Orders FlagDescription Ask Ack 0 123987 0 5 85044 7010393584 1004 2 null null nullnull null Ask 0 123987 1 2 85044 7010393584 1004 2 1006 3 1 2 1 PartialFill Bid Full 0 198237 2 0 85044 7010393582 1006 1 1006 3 1 2 0 Fill AskFull 0 123987 2 0 85044 7010393584 1004 2 1004 2 2 2 1 Fill Bid 1 2938471 3 85044 7010393583 1004 1 1004 2 2 2 0 PartialFill

In addition to the repeating group-level data of the minimum data setidentified in Table 2, header-level data, such as transaction time(e.g., a value of 20140304210448155123000), EndofEvent (e.g., a “1” todesignate end of event), and/or NoMDEntries, may be included in theminimum data set.

With the event completed, the final order book processed by the MDGprocessor may read:

BID OrderID Quantity Price ASK OrderID Quantity Price 7010393583 3 10041 7010393543 8 1002 2 7010393542 10 1002 3 4 5

And the final market-by-price book may read:

BID ASK NumOfOrders Quantity Price NumOfOrders Quantity Price 1 3 1004 22 18 1002 3 4 5

In addition to updating the order price book, the MDG processor 702 maygenerate market data messages. In one example, the three market datamessages generated may be formatted in FIX format, as illustrated below:

35=X 60=<TransactTime>5799=00000001 268=2

279=0 269=2 48=85044 83=199 270=1006 271=3 346=2 5797=2

279=0 269=2 48=85044 83=200 270=1004 271=2 346=2 5797=2

35=X 60=<TransactTime>5799=00000010 268=1

279=0 269=e 48=85044 83=201 271=5

35=X 60=<TransactTime>5799=10000100 268=2

279=2 269=0 48=85044 83=202 270=1006 271=3 346=1 1023=1

279=1 269=0 48=85044 83=203 270=1004 271=3 346=1 1023=1

In another example in accordance with aspects of the disclosure, anillustrative minimum data set transmitted to a market data generation(MDG) processor 702 is illustrated in Table 3. That example illustratesthe result of an operation at an exchange of an implied match event inwhich a buy EJU4-EJZ4 aggressor is accepted with Qty 2 at 0.5. Assume EJGroup is in the open state and ImpliedMatchingStatus is set to ON. Alsoassume volumes of instruments EJ:BF M4-U4-Z4, EJM4, EJU4, EJZ4,EJU4-EJZ4 are zero, and the following orders are on the market databook: Buy EJ:BF M4-U4-Z4 Qty 1 @-1; and Buy EJ:BF M4-U4-Z4 Qty 1 @-0.5;and Ask EJM4 Qty 2 @ 9980.5; and Buy EJU4 Qty 2 @ 9981.

With that context, when the implied match event occurs in which a buyEJU4-EJZ4 aggressor is accepted with Qty 2 at 0.5, then the optimizedmatch engine 704 may generate the following minimum data set, asillustrated in Table 3:

TABLE 3 Book Num Of Aggressor Description Order priority Status QtySecurity ID OrderID Book Px Side FillPx Fill Qty TradeID Orders Flag Ack10293810 0 2 110305 992109235 0.5 1 null null null null null EJU4- EJZ4Full 30495820984 2 0 154704 992109232 −0.5 1 −0.5 1 9 1 null Fill EJ:BFM4- U4-Z4 Full null 2 Null 103836 992109232 null 1 9980.5 1 9 1 nullFill EJM4 Full null 2 Null 104182 992109232 null 2 9981 1 17 1 null FillEJU4 Full null 2 Null 104182 992109232 null 2 9981 1 18 1 null Fill EJU4Full null 2 Null 135888 992109232 null 1 9981 1 9 1 null Fill EJZ4Partial 1293471927 1 1 103836 992109233 9980.5 2 9980.5 1 9 1 null FillEJM4 Partial 20394820 1 1 104182 992109234 9981 1 9981 1 17 1 null FillEJU4 Partial 884932847 1 1 110305 992109235 0.5 1 0 1 1 1 1 Fill EJU4-EJZ4 Partial Null 1 Null 104182 992109235 null 1 9981 1 18 1 null FillEJU4 Partial Null 1 Null 135888 992109235 null 2 9981 1 9 1 null FillEJZ4 Full 29834 2 0 154704 992109231 −1 1 −1 1 10 1 null Fill EJ:BF M4-U4-Z4 Full Null 2 Null 103836 992109231 null 1 9980.5 1 10 1 null FillEJM4 Full Null 2 Null 104182 992109231 null 2 9981 1 19 1 Null Fill EJU4Full Null 2 Null 104182 992109231 null 2 9981 1 20 1 Null Fill EJU4 FullNull 2 Null 135888 992109231 null 1 9980.5 1 10 1 null Fill EJZ4 Full2938719 2 0 103836 992109233 9980.5 2 9980.5 1 10 1 null Fill EJM4 Full3458739 2 0 104182 992109234 9981 1 9981 1 19 1 null Fill EJU4 Full687594 2 0 110305 992109235 0.5 1 0.5 1 21 1 Fill EJU4- EJZ4 Full Null 2Null 104182 992109235 null 1 9981 1 20 1 null Fill EJU4 Full Null 2 Null135888 992109235 null 2 9980.5 1 10 1 null Fill EJZ4

In addition to the repeating group-level data of the minimum data setidentified in Table 3, header-level data, such as transaction time(e.g., a value of 20140304210448155123000), EndofEvent (e.g., a “1” todesignate end of event), and/or NoMDEntries, may be included in theminimum data set.

With the event completed, the MDG processor 702 may generate market datamessages. In one example, the MDG processor 702 may generate a marketdata trade message formatted in FIX format, as illustrated below:

35 = X 60 = 20140304210448155123000 5799 = 00000001 268 = 6 279 = 0 269= 2 48 = 154704 83 = 28 270 = −0.5 271 = 1 346 = 1 5797 = 0 (EJ: BFM4-U4-Z4) 279 = 0 269 = 2 48 = 103836 83 = 59 270 = 9980.5 271 = 2 346 =1 5797 = 0 (EJM4) 279 = 0 269 = 2 48 = 104182 83 = 15 270 = 9981 271 = 2346 = 1 5797 = 0 (EJU4) 279 = 0 269 = 2 48 = 110305 83 = 37 270 = 0 271= 1 346 = 1 5797 = 1 (EJU4-EJZ4) 279 = 0 269 = 2 48 = 154704 83 = 27 270= −1 271 = 1 346 = 1 5797 = 0 (EJ: BF M4-U4-Z4) 279 = 0 269 = 2 48 =110305 83 = 37 270 = 0.5 271 = 1 346 = 1 5797 = 1 (EJU4-EJZ4)

In addition, the MDG processor 702 may generate a market data messages,such as an electronic volume message and market data book message,formatted in FIX format, as illustrated below:

35 = X 60 = 20140304210448155123000 5799 = 00000010 268 = 5 279 = 0 269= e 48 = 154704 83 = 29 271 = 2 (EJ: BF M4-U4-Z4) 279 = 0 269 = e 48 =103836 83 = 60 271 = 2 (EJM4) 279 = 0 269 = e 48 = 104182 83 = 16 271 =4 (EJU4) 279 = 0 269 = e 48 = 110305 83 = 38 271 = 2 (EJU4-EJZ4) 279 = 0269 = e 48 = 135888 83 = 41 271 = 2 (EJZ4) 35 = X 60 =20140304210448155123000 5799 = 00000100 268 = 4 279 = 2 269 = 0 48 =154704 83 = 30 270 = −0.5 271 = 1 346 = 1 1023 = 1 (EJ: BF M4-U4-Z4) 279= 2 269 = 1 48 = 103836 83 = 61 270 = 9980.5 271 = 2 346 = 1 1023 = 1(EJM4) 279 = 2 269 = 0 48 = 104182 83 = 17 270 = 9981 271 = 2 346 = 11023 = 1 (EJU4) 279 = 2 269 = 0 48 = 154704 83 = 31 270 = −1 271 = 1 346= 1 1023 = 1 (EJ: BF M4-U4-Z4)

In another example in accordance with aspects of the disclosure, anillustrative minimum data set transmitted to a market data generation(MDG) processor 702 is illustrated in Table 4. That example illustratesthe result of an operation at an exchange of an order book populationthrough a restatement. At the start of the trading week, for example,there may be working orders from the previous week that have not yetbeen communicated by the match engine 704 to market data consumers. Theorder book stored in memory of the market data generation (MDG)processor for SecurityID=812101 may be empty due to start of the week.Consequently, the match engine 704 may be scheduled to resend allworking orders for market data consumers and illustrative field<SecurityID>=812101 may have four working “good till” orders from theprevious week.

With that context, when the restatement occurs, then the optimized matchengine 704 may generate the following minimum data set, as illustratedin Table 4:

TABLE 4 Order Book Num Of Aggressor Description priority Status QtySecurity ID OrderID Book Px Side FillPx Fill Qty TradeID Orders FlagRestate- 1239877 R 5 812101 549868 1004.00 2 null null null null nullment of a single Ask order Restate- 1239834 R 1 812101 549862 1003.00 2null null null null null ment of a single Ask order Restate- 95839877 R1 812101 3549868 1002.00 1 null null null null null ment of a single Bidorder Restate- 39834 R 2 812101 540020 1004.00 2 null null null nullnull ment of a single Ask order

In addition to the repeating group-level data of the minimum data setidentified in Table 4, header-level data, such as transaction time(e.g., a value of 2015022517431595297157), EndofEvent (e.g., a “1” todesignate end of event), and/or NoMDEntries (e.g., with a value of “4”),may be included in the minimum data set.

With the event completed, the MDG processor 702 may generate market datamessages. In one example, the MDG processor 702 may generate a marketdata book update message formatted in FIX format, as illustrated below:

35=X 60=2015022517431595297157 5799=10000100 268=3

279=0 269=0 48=812101 83=1 270=1002.00 271=1 346=1 1023=1

279=0 269=1 48=812101 83=1 270=1003.00 271=1 346=1 1023=1

279=0 269=1 48=812101 83=1 270=1004.00 271=7 346=1 10232

With the minimum data set received by the MDG processor 702 and appliedagainst the order book stored the memory of the MDG processor 702, theorder book may be updated to read as follows:

BID OrderID Quantity Price ASK OrderID Quantity Price 3549868 1 1004.001 549862 1 1003.00 2 540020 2 1004.00 3 549868 5 1004.00 4 5

And the market-by-price book at the MDG processor 702 may be updated asfollows:

BID ASK NumOfOrders Quantity Price NumOfOrders Quantity Price 1 1 1004 21 1 1003.00 3 2 7 1004.00 4 5

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating some steps that may be performed by amarket data generation (MDG) processor 702 in accordance with variousaspects of the disclosure. The MDG processor 702 may receive messagepackets from an optimized match engine 704, wherein the outgoing messagepackets were transformed by the optimized match engine 704 to insert aminimum data set. For example, the optimized match engine 704 may modifyan existing order entry (OE) response message to append the minimum dataset to the OE response message's payload. The inserted minimum data setmay be formatted in simple binary encoding (SBE) or other encoding.

In one illustrative example, an exchange computer system may receive (instep 802) an OE message in a first data format. In step 804, theoptimized match engine 704 may process the OE message to, inter alia,identify matches with one or more resting orders at the exchange (e.g.,a match engine event). In some examples, a one-to-many relationshipexists between the incoming message (e.g., OE message) and the outgoingmessage (e.g., OE response message) such that a new incoming message mayresult in more than one outgoing messages being generated.

Although an OE message type is used for purposes of this example, thedisclosure is not so limited. Other existing message types, or newmessage types, may be used to communicate the minimum data set from theoptimized match engine 704 to the MDG processor 702. For example, theminimum data set may be communicated in the clearing interface feed (ortrade registration system feed) outbound from the optimized match engine704, or in other portions of the outbound order entry interface feed. Insome examples, the minimum data set might not be piggybacked into anexisting message type, but instead communicated in its own new messagetype. As explained above, the message structure may be optimized tocommunicate only meaningful content in a format that expresses the datain the smallest possible size. A structure for stating price, forexample, may only state the price without overhead. The format forstating the price, moreover, might be optimized by expressing it as abinary rather than string statement. Message structure 1100 may orderattributes in an efficient manner. Message structure 1100 may usedelimiters to demarcate each attribute so datum can be readilyextracted. Message structure 1100 may use templates to pre-defineattribute ordering so extracted datum can be associated with meaning. Insome examples, the datum of the attributes may be encoded in binary(e.g., SBE).

In step 806, the match engine 704 may select a minimum data set derivedfrom order attributes at the match engine (e.g., order attributes storedin the memory of the match engine 704 for all orders that participatedin the match engine event). The minimum data set may correspond to aminimum number of data type fields required to fully represent marketdata. In one example, the minimum data set may consist of a book orderquantity field, order status field, order priority field, order IDfield, security ID field, book price field, side of order field, fillprice field, last fill quantity field, trade ID field, number of ordersin match field, and aggressor flag field. In another example, theminimum data set may consists of a book order quantity field, orderstatus field, order priority field, order ID field, security ID field,book price field, side of order field, fill price field, last fillquantity field, trade ID field, number of orders in match field, andaggressor flag field, and also header-level fields of transaction timefield, end of event indicator field, and number of entries field, asillustrated in Table 1.

The minimum data set may be independent of the layout and protocol ofthe OE messages received by the match engine 704. For example, the matchengine 704 may pass along a certain set of data to the market datageneration (MDG) processor 702 without converting the OE data to adifferent message format. The data elements sent by the match engine 704may be derived from order attributes provided by a module, such as anorder entry module. To determine the minimum data set, a message type(e.g., OE message type) is examined to determine how every field in themessage format (e.g., FIX format) is populated. Based on how the messageis populated, the optimized match engine 704 determines the minimum dataset fields needed to satisfy market data message outputs. The messageformat passed from the match engine 704 to the MDG processor 702 may beused to derive all types of order and match events including, but notlimited to: order acknowledgments, rejects, cancels, modifies,eliminations, implied orders; restatements of working order books forstart of the week and mid-week recovery events; fills, implied fills,spread match events with leg and implied fills; mass quoteacknowledgments, rejects, cancels, modifies and fills; mass cancels;and/or other message types.

Alternatively, every message type that the match engine 705 isconfigured to receive may be examined and the super-set of all fieldsthat are determined to be essential can be included in the minimum dataset. As such, this super-set minimum data set covers all possibleincoming message types into the match engine 704. In yet anotheralternative embodiment, the match engine 704 may maintain a mapping incomputer memory at the match engine 704 that dynamically identifies thedesired fields of a specific minimum data set for a particular type ofincoming message type. As a result, the match engine 704 may send theminimum data set, using an appropriate communication technique asdescribed herein, to the MDG processor 702.

Continuing with the preceding example, in step 808, the match engine 704may transform an order entry (OE) response message by inserting theminimum data set into the OE message. In those examples where theoptimized match engine 704 transforms the OE message type into amodified OE message 1100, the initial message type may already includesome of the fields of the minimum data set. For example, the “Price”field may already exist in the OE message type. As such, that fieldmight not be duplicated in the modified portion 1102 of the OE message1100. At least one benefit of such an arrangement is that the size ofthe initial packet may be conserved and duplicative fields avoided, thussaving on bandwidth and increasing technological efficiency of theoverall system of communication. As a result, while the transformedmessage 1100 comprises all of the minimum data set identified in Table1, each of the fields of the minimum data set might not necessarily belocated in the modified portion 1102 of the message 1100. Rather, theMDG processor comprises logic to access, extract, and read the modifiedportion 1102 of the message payload; and where fields of the minimumdata set are not present in that payload 1104, the MDG processor willidentify the corresponding field in the remaining portion 206 of theincoming message. In some examples, the minimum data set field 1102 maybe empty if all of the fields (as listed in Table 1) of the minimum dataset are already present in the original message type.

Moreover, the minimum data set need not necessarily be inserted at theend of the existing message packet. Rather, the minimum data set 1102may be inserted/spliced into the start, middle, or otherwise location ofthe existing message structure 1100. In some examples, the minimum dataset 1102 may occupy an empty (e.g., reserved for later use) field in theexisting message structure. In some examples, the minimum data set fieldmay be encoded in binary format (e.g., SBE).

In step 810, the match engine 704 may send the transformed OE message,in one example, over an exchange network. As a result, a market datageneration (MDG) processor 702 communicatively coupled to the exchangenetwork, but positioned outside of the match engine 704, may receive, instep 812, the transformed OE message. In other examples, the minimumdata set may be transferred to the MDG processor 702 by way of a new,dedicated message type that consists of a payload with only the minimumdata set and only essential message header-level information.

In step 814, when the minimum data set is incorporated into an existingmessage type, the MDG processor 702 may parse the incoming transformedmessage (e.g., an OE message) to extract the desired minimum data set.The MDG processor 702 may use one or more techniques disclosed hereinusing templates, delimiters, and/or other items to assist inparsing/extracting/accessing the minimum data set. The values 1104 readfrom the transformed message may be mapped to their appropriate,corresponding fields.

In step 816, the MDG processor 702 may update an order price book storedin a tangible computer memory (e.g., RAM, non-volatile memory, etc.) atthe MDG processor 702. The values 1104 previously mapped to theirappropriate fields, e.g., such as those fields listed in Table 1, may beused to update the order price book (or other data structure stored inmemory accessible to the MDG processor) such that the MDG processor 702may calculate market data and related statistics for the financialinstrument associated with the incoming message. For example, the orderbook may be arranged to permit the MDG processor 702 to generatemarket-by-order (MBO) market data messages. In another example, the theorder book may be arranged to permit the MDG processor 702 to generatemarket-by-price (MPB) market data messages, or other types of marketdata messages. Moreover, the MDG processor may calculate and generate(as illustrated in FIG. 10) relevant statistics (e.g., volume) for theexchange.

At least one advantage of the arrangement in the preceding illustrativeexample is that the optimized match engine 704 need not necessarilymaintain the state of the order price book in memory of the optimizedmatch engine 704. As a result, the optimized match engine 704 operateswith less memory consumption, more efficiently, and/or with lesslatency, thus resulting in a technological advancement. Instead, the MDGprocessor 702 may maintain the state of the order price book in itsmemory. In addition, in some examples, the exchange computer system mayinclude modules to provide the MDG processor 702 with state informationof an order price book in case the MDG processor 702 desires toreconstruct its order price book. Such an instance may arise if, forexample, the MDG processor 702 temporarily loses connectivity or wishesto join mid-session and needs to update its order price book.

In step 818, the MDG processor 702 uses the extracted minimum data setto generate market data messages for consumption by participants of theexchange. In some examples, the generated market data messages may beformatted in the well-known FIX format. In other examples, the marketdata message may be formatted in a different format. The market datamessages may correspond to a plurality of orders for financialinstruments, mass quotes, and/or may be selected from the groupconsisting of securities, fixed income, interest rates, agricultural,and/or industrial commodities. In addition, the market data messages maycomprise statistics, such as trading volume, and other statistics.

In the preceding example illustrated using FIG. 8, the data elements inthe message comprising the order metadata may be derived from orderattributes known by the optimized electronic match engine 704 as theyare used by the engine for order matching. In some examples, this ordermetadata may serve as the minimum data set that is packaged and insertedinto existing message packets for transmission from the optimized matchengine 704 to a market data generation (MDG) processor 702. Ordermetadata may be derived from all types of order and match eventsincluding, but not limited to: order acknowledgments, rejects, cancels,modifies, eliminations, implied orders; restatements of working orderbooks for start of the week and mid-week recovery events; fills, impliedfills, spread match events with leg and implied fills; mass quoteacknowledgments, rejects, cancels, modifies and fills; mass cancels;and/or other message types.

FIG. 9 illustrates one example of logic processing that may be performedby the market data generation (MDG) processor. The flowchart 900 in FIG.9 shows order book management logic processing that receives an incomingmessage that has been transformed by inserting a minimum data set, asshown in Table 1 above. The incoming message is processed to determineorder status, and then processed accordingly. For example, depending onthe status indicated, an order book may be updated to reflect theupdate. When the EndOfEventIndicator field in the incoming messageindicates the end of the event, then a message formatted, for example inFIX format, may be prepared for transmission to users and othercomponents in the exchange.

FIG. 10 illustrates another example of logic processing that may beperformed by the market data generation (MDG) processor. The flowchart1000 in FIG. 10 shows message generation logic processing that uses theminimum data set to generate market data trade messages and tradestatistics messages. The logic processing at the MDG processor may readthe BookQty field and other fields in the minimum data set listed inTable 1 to confirm that the data is not duplicative and unique. The MDGprocessor processes the values in the fields and adds them into a datastructure stored in computer memory communicatively coupled to the MDGprocessor. When the EndOfEventIndicator field indicates the end of theevent, then a message formatted, for example in FIX format, may beprepared for transmission. The FIX formatted message may be a marketdata trade message. Moreover, with some additional processing, tradestatistics (e.g., volume) may be calculated and formatted into a FIXmessage for transmission to users and other components in the exchange.

FIG. 11 describes an illustrative message structure 1100 transformed byan optimized electronic match engine. Similar to the messaging structureof FIG. 2 and its corresponding description, the message structure 1100here may include one or more of the features of FIG. 2. For example,like FIG. 2, this message structure 1100 may support a flat messagestructure, as well as nest groups of repeatable data at numerous levelsof nested depth. Other features of message structure 200 may also beapplied to that of message structure 1100 in accordance with the spiritof the disclosure.

Although numerous examples disclosed herein refer to a market datageneration (MDG) processor, the examples are not meant to be limiting.For example, in numerous examples, a plurality of MDG processors may becommunicatively coupled to an optimized electronic match engine suchthat the load for generating the appropriate market data may be spreadover the plurality of MDG processors. In other examples, the MDGprocessor and optimized electronic match engine may share the load ofgenerating market data messages; for example, at peak times (e.g., whenorder volume is historically high), one or more MDG processors maygenerate a majority/all of market data messages for the exchange, but atother times, the optimized electronic match engine may assist ingenerating some/many/most/all of the market data messages for theexchange. A person having ordinary skill in the art after review of theentirety disclosed herein will appreciate that the disclosurecontemplates the division of labor between the MDG processor and matchengine being done in numerous ways.

The present disclosure has been described in terms of preferred andexemplary embodiments thereof. Numerous other embodiments, modificationsand variations within the scope and spirit of the disclosure will occurto persons of ordinary skill in the art from a review of thisdisclosure. For example, aspects of the disclosure may be used toprocess and communicate data other than market data.

1. A method of offloading a computing load used to generate one or moremarket data messages, including: processing an order entry message, by amatch engine of an exchange computer system, to identify matches withone or more orders for a match engine event; selecting, by the matchengine, a minimum data set for the match engine event, the minimum dataset being derived from order attributes present at the match engine,wherein the minimum data set corresponds to a minimum number of datatype fields required to fully represent market data for the match engineevent, the minimum number of data type fields included in the minimumdata set in a pre-defined sequence; reformatting, by the match engine,the order entry message by inserting the minimum data set for the matchengine event into the order entry message; offloading, by the matchengine, the computing load used to generate the one or more market datamessages by transmitting the reformatted order entry message over anexchange network; receiving, by a market data generation (MDG) processorpositioned outside of the match engine, the reformatted order entrymessage; parsing, by the MDG processor and in accord with thepre-defined sequence, the reformatted order entry message to extract theminimum data set for the match engine event; updating, by the MDGprocessor, an order price book stored in a computer memory of the MDGprocessor in accordance with the extracted minimum data set; andgenerating, by the MDG processor using the order price book, market datamessages for consumption by participants of an exchange.
 2. The methodof claim 1, wherein: the minimum data set consists of: a book orderquantity field, an order status field, an order priority field, an orderID field, a security ID field, a book price field, a side of orderfield, a fill price field, a last fill quantity field, a trade ID field,a number of orders in match field, and an aggressor flag field; or theminimum data set consists of: a book order quantity field, an orderstatus field, an order priority field, an order ID field, a security IDfield, a book price field, a side of order field, a fill price field, alast fill quantity field, a trade ID field, a number of orders in matchfield, an aggressor flag field; a header-level fields of transactiontime field, an end of event indicator field, and a number of entriesfield.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the minimum data set includesnumerical data encoded in a binary format.
 4. The method of claim 1,wherein a format of the minimum data set is independent of a layout andprotocol of the order entry messages received by the match engine. 5.The method of claim 1, wherein the minimum data set includes a delimiterbetween data type fields.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein a data sizeof each data type field in the minimum data set is selected to be a datasize of a value stored in that data type field.
 7. The method of claim1, wherein offloading the computing load used to generate the one ormore market data messages includes offloading a computing load used tomaintain the order price book.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein theorder price book is arranged to generate market-by-order (MBO) marketdata messages.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the order price book isarranged to generate market-by-price (MPB) market data messages.
 10. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the orders are selected from the groupconsisting of securities, fixed income, interest rates, agricultural,and industrial commodities.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein themarket data includes statistics.
 12. A non-transitory computer-readablemedia containing executable instructions that, when executed by aprocessor, cause: an order entry message to be processed by a matchengine of the exchange computer system to identify matches with one ormore orders for a match engine event; a minimum data set for the matchengine event to be selected by the match engine, the minimum data setbeing derived from order attributes present at the match engine, whereinthe minimum data set corresponds to a minimum number of data type fieldsrequired to fully represent market data for the match engine event, theminimum number of data type fields included in the minimum data set in apre-defined sequence; the order entry message to be reformatted by thematch engine by causing the match engine to insert the minimum data setfor the match engine event into the order entry message; the computingload used to generate the one or more market data messages to beoffloaded by the match engine by causing the matching to transmit thereformatted order entry message over an exchange network; thereformatted order entry message to be received by a market datageneration (MDG) processor positioned outside of the match engine; thereformatted order entry message to be parsed by the MDG processor and inaccord with the pre-defined sequence to extract the minimum data set forthe match engine event; an order price book stored in a computer memoryof the MDG processor to be updated by the MDG processor in accordancewith the extracted minimum data set; and market data messages forconsumption by participants of an exchange to be generated by the MDGprocessor using the order price book.
 13. The non-transitorymachine-readable media of claim 12, wherein: minimum data set consistsof: a book order quantity field, an order status field, an orderpriority field, an order ID field, a security ID field, a book pricefield, a side of order field, a fill price field, a last fill quantityfield, a trade ID field, a number of orders in match field, and anaggressor flag field; or the minimum data set consists of: a book orderquantity field, an order status field, an order priority field, an orderID field, a security ID field, a book price field, a side of orderfield, a fill price field, a last fill quantity field, a trade ID field,a number of orders in match field, an aggressor flag field; aheader-level fields of transaction time field, an end of event indicatorfield, and a number of entries field.
 14. The non-transitorymachine-readable media of claim 12, wherein the minimum data setincludes numerical data encoded in a binary format.
 15. Thenon-transitory machine-readable media of claim 12, wherein a format ofthe minimum data set is independent of a layout and protocol of theorder entry messages received by the match engine.
 16. Thenon-transitory machine-readable media of claim 12, wherein the minimumdata set includes a delimiter between data type fields.
 17. Thenon-transitory machine-readable media of claim 16, wherein a data sizeof each data type field in the minimum data set is selected to be a datasize of a value stored in that data type field.
 18. An exchange computersystem, including: an exchange network; a match engine coupled with theexchange network and including a computer processor configured to:process an order entry message to identify matches with one or moreorders for a match engine event; select a minimum data set for the matchengine event, the minimum data set being derived from order attributespresent at the match engine, wherein the minimum data set corresponds toa minimum number of data type fields required to fully represent marketdata for the match engine event, the minimum number of data type fieldsincluded in the minimum data set in a pre-defined sequence; reformat theorder entry message by inserting the minimum data set for the matchengine event into the order entry message; and offload the computingload used to generate the one or more market data messages bytransmitting the reformatted order entry message over the exchangenetwork; and a market data generation (MDG) processor coupled with theexchange network and configured to: receive, over the exchange network,the reformatted order entry message; parse the reformatted order entrymessage to extract the minimum data set for the match engine event;update an order price book stored in a computer memory of the MDGprocessor in accordance with the extracted minimum data set; andgenerate market data messages for consumption by participants of anexchange.
 19. The exchange computer system of claim 18, wherein theminimum data set includes numerical data encoded in a binary format. 20.The exchange computer system of claim 18, wherein the computer processoris configured to offload the computing load used to generate the one ormore market data messages by offloading a computing load used tomaintain the order price book.